The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-08-06
OUR FUTURE.

Oi1 "AOiOu1 DOihB Ahlpieos
/ ed with the progress we have made
and the possibilities OF the future
AS far back as tradition goes, an,
down into the era of history, maj
is represented as growing in wis
dom and power. At first the ar
of war seemed to be the only on,
studied by mankind. Finally tn,
arts and sciences began to seize
upon the tancies, and thence upor
the energies of the people. But
it took centuries for them to evolve,
and IN nearly, ii not quite all OF
the evolutions, the origlnators
were held up to contumely, and
some, whose propositions were SO
antagonistic to conceived notions,
met ignominious deaths.
When Galileo said, the world
moves" instead of the sun, a con-
vention of priests met and dIresolved
that Galileo lied, and Mr.. &. had
a hard time of it. When LIE Bon
made application IN 1902 to light
London With gas, men clapped their
hands to aid and give emphasis to
their derisive laughter, and beef
eating member of the House of
Commons could scarcely articulate
from pressing merriment, as he
poo-poohed on introducing a res
olution that the man was a fool
who imagined he could burn air.
But the resolution OF such an au-
gust body as the English Parlia
ment could not stay the outfowing
of the scientific mind into tangi
BILE, palpable fact, and eight years
later England was lighted with
gas. So it was with steam. The
poor fool Watts and his kettle
were laughed at, but steam kept
on generating, and is to-day the
motor power OF the world. When
1t was proposed to navigate the
Atlantic by steam power, the idea
was ridiculed. When Morse pro-
posed to put up telegraph wires
between Washington and Balh-
more, and asked aid from Con-
gress, he was laughed at, and the
members who voted for the appro-
priation were threatened with per
'onal as well as political damage.
so, too, when the Atlantic cable
vas laid, and at first refused to
work intelligently between the
queen and President Buchanan,
{ told you so," flew from nearly ,
III lips.
A few short years ago, and New
Mexico was looked upon as a sort |
If lava bed in which nothing but {
tones, Indians and Greasers grew.
4ater, it was declared to be "a I
and where flowers without fra t
rance, men without honor, and {
women without virtue, hourished." I
New portions OF the Territory are f
edged in by air laden with the v
fragrance OF fruits and flowers {
theirs are carpeted with the green i
st of grasses upon which cattle t
sed and grow tat-still others pro- d
uce unrivaled crops OF cereals c
nd vegetables-and yet others r
ield fabulous wealth in the un- p
'lding of their mineral deposits. l.
Why, were some upheaval of Ma Ii
Ire to thoroughly rift Baxter Il
fountain, situate within the shad- I
W of where we write, it would re b
cal more wealth than the Monks II
yer dreamed of, and make Vul a
ms daughter, Pandora, grin with e.
IVY. Yet Baxter is Dut one OF cl
Iany mountains holding New ii
lexico's treasure-holding Lincoln W
ounty's treasure. After stuffing in
le mountains, Nature planted the 81
ed tor lucre in our valleys and m
llches. Then, too, our popula- in
ton has largely increased by i'm W
igration, and embraces refine il